PAssing Strange: original cast album to be recorded in front of a live audience

Ghostlight Records are to record the Original Cast Album of the new Broadway musical Passing Strange in front of a live audience in a recording session on stage at the Belasco Theatre on 14 Apr 2008 between 2 & 5pm. The release date for the recording is expected for June 2008.

The recording will be a bare-bones recording session -- no lights, no set, no costumes and no scenes from the play. Those wishing to attend the recording session need to visitPassing Strange website www.passingstrangeonbroadway and sign up to the shows newsletter. A special information regarding admission to the live recording session will then be emailed to those who receive the newsletter. Admission will be a $20 cash donation at the door to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Passing Strange opened at the Belasco Theatre on 28 Feb 2008, following previews from 8 Feb 2008 and is currently booking through to 31 Aug 2008.

The musical opened to mostly excellent reviews: "A dynamic musical that vibrates right to your heart. (New YOrk Theatre Guide); "It is far richer in wit, feeling and sheer personality than most of what is classified as musical theater." (New York Times); "One smart and extremely hip musical." (Star-Ledger); "A hell of a good time." (New York Sun); In Passing Strange a young black bohemian in search of self and home, charts a course for 'the real' through sex, drugs, and rock and roll.

Directed by Annie Dorsen, Passing Strange features De'adre Aziza, Daniel Breaker, Eisa Davis, Colman Domingo, Chad Goodridge, Rebecca Naomi Jones and Stew.

Passing Strange, book and lyrics by Stew Rodewald, music & lyrics by Stew & Heidi Rodewald, was created in collaboration with Annie Dorsen.

The creative team features David Korins (set design), Elizabeth Hope Clancy (costumes) and Kevin Adams (lighting).

Passing Strange is being produced on Broadway by The Shubert Organization, Elizabeth Ireland McCann and The Public Theater.